Sentence Starters

Examples and details play an important role in persuasive writing. When you need to transition into them, you can use phrases like...

• For instance

• In fact

• An example is

• In fact

• In other words

• Additionally

When you're finishing up your writing, you might struggle with transitioning into your conclusion. If that happens use phrases like...

• In conclusion

• To summarize

• Finally

• As you can see

• All in all

Your opinion on your subject is very important in a persuasive essay. When you want to state it, you can say...

• I think

• In my opinion

• I prefer

• I feel

• My favorite

• To start

• Next

• Another reason

• One last reason

When you explain why you agree or disagree with something, you can say...